The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-14
A sTRANeER IN GOTHAM.
Interview with "a Man Who Makes I'm
proVemcnt of the Mcmorya Specially.


Special Correspondence
new YORK. July l2-The third or fourth
story. 'front.' az auumposiug building ON Fifth
avenue, near ifs Junction with Broadway.
bears "a sign sure % attract attention from
The street 10 is m black and white, extends
across, window, and aside from a "pr0fes-
SORTS name bears iu huge capitals tie word
Memory Curiosity imreliel me TO ascend
the winding stairways which Tel To the office
to which tine window aud its sign belong a
pretty girl prmgup from manipulation Of
typewriter lu am outer Office as ] entered, and
When asked for the professor stepped into
the inner room. where was soon invited
stout man with "a big head, partly bald,
and gray mustache sat in this apartment
tearing open letters from pile before him
asked an explanation of his peculiar sign
"Ilere is little % explain about it, De
said. Except that teach people 10 remem-
beer anything they want 10 remember With
the cooperation of amy pupil one can have
just as good "a memory as be may desire 10
haven
"l0w long does it take TO learn. profe,sor."
"Ihe course consists Of five lessons, which
may DE given 10y mail fully as well as in
person."
And how long are the lessons|
THAT depends on the pupil, of course: q e
average is about three hours, think. Much
Of my teaching is done in classes by a seiic,
of lectures have lectured 70 a class Of 300
az Yale college 400 at the University Of
Pennsylvania, 100 Columbia law students.
300 lady students Of Wellesley college and
many others n this country in England !
have been even more prominently Identified
with educational Institutions
"How long have you been i'm this business
about twenty-five years, most of the time
abroad ] still have g branch in London,
and, in fact have been in this country only
about year was induced 90 come here
by my American pupils
There are two stages of memory the lit
DE man said 20 me-"receptiye power and re-
yival of impressions Ny system is % in-
crease each OF these so you remember be-
cause you can't help yourself Concentration
Is the cardinal feature of the system, and the
first thing is 90 strengthen the power of at
teuton so YOU hold your mind on any sub
jert without wandering Our natural mem
Dries are broken down by learning things by
r0te"
The professor gave me pamphlet profuse
with caps, italics and boldface lines from
which 1 learn that be also teaches "whi,t
memory and the art of illustration. or how
% find appropriate anecdotes, alages, for
mas etc. Among TIE gentoman's pupils
have been Judah r. Benjamin, w. W. Astor,
Dr. Buckley and Mark Twain This year
thc professor is 90 lecture before the Chautau-
qua IS. s. university.
Ihe new magazine, The Cosmopolitan,
originally launched at Rochester, n y, has
been moved here and seems destined for sue
cess It's editor is Frank f. Smith, until his
connection with The Cosmopolitan AN edito
rial writer ON The Democrat and Chronicle
at Rochester The success of this new maya
zine is due almost entirely 20 the delicate yet
yirilc personality Of Mr.. Smith, / think lie
IS tall and slender, with an oval face and
abundant coal black hair, carelessly brushed
across his forehead a black mustache
curls around the corners of his mouth and
hi. nose supports light steel framed glasses
lie is "a close student, and Is somewhat re-
served to strangers.
The advertising rates Of the New York
daily papers strike terror to the hearts Of out
OF town advertisers. made a tour of several
of the offices and asked for their rate cards.
Forreading notices The World charges s.. 30
a line on its first page, $3.50 and 81 on other
pages: for the Sunday paper, s., s.. $3.50
and 81. the notices 90 be starred or marked
adyt. For the same thing The Sun charges
$3.50 on first page, $3.50 on third page. The
Times rate is s. for first page, or a column is
quoted at Sl2O each insertion Advertise
,,,.,,.e Tor bol,, atc The Times make al five
cents TO ten cents per line. For agate notices
preceding marriages and deaths The Tribune
has 81 per agate line, 81 preceding markets.
For wants The World charges twenty "a
twenty-five cents per line, five cents extra on
Sunday. An the papers charge double price
for display type, eiectros, and quadruple
rate for double columns Births, mar
riages and deaths are $3.50 in The Times,
twenty-five cents per line in Che World, five
cents extra Sundays; 81 in The Tribune.
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